noun an american fish; the silversides.
2. friar ·noun a white or pale patch on a printed page.
3. friar ·noun a brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) minors, gray friars, or franciscans. (b) augustines. (c) dominicans or black friars. (d) white friars or carmelites. ·see these names in the vocabulary.